Johann Klein (politician, 1902)

Johann Klein (born January 9, 1902 in Ittersdorf ; † May 25, 1976 in Kleinblittersdorf ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( CVP , CDU ).

Life

After graduating from elementary school, Klein completed an apprenticeship as a miner in 1917, worked in this profession for twelve years and attended the mining training school. At the same time he took business school courses and economic courses as well as trade union training courses at the Academy of Labor . He worked as a trade union official until 1932, then switched to the field and office work of an insurance company, where he was most recently employed as an accountant. From 1936 to 1944 he worked as a managing director in a commercial company. After he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 1944 , he took part in the Second World War as a soldier until 1945 . At the end of the war he was taken prisoner.

Klein worked as a trade union secretary from 1947 and was active in 1953/54 and again from 1957 as head of the social department at the Christian Saar miners' union. He was initially chairman of the General Association of Christian Trade Unions of Saarland and later became chairman of the Christian Trade Union Federation of Germany (CGB), Landeskartell Saar.

Klein was a member of the Center Party in the Saar region until 1935 . On June 1, 1936, he was accepted into the NSDAP ( membership number 6.907.566). He joined the CVP in 1945 and switched to the CDU after 1955.

Klein was a member of the Saarland State Parliament from 1952 to 1955 . He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1961 to 1969. From 1961 to 1969 he represented the constituency of Homburg - St. Ingbert in parliament .

From July 17, 1954 to October 29, 1955, Klein served as Minister of Labor and Welfare in the Saarland government led by Prime Minister Johannes Hoffmann ( Hoffmann IV cabinet ).

Web links

Johann Klein on Saarland biographies

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Peter Klausch: List 1: Alphabetical list of members of the Saarland state parliament with proven NSDAP membership. (PDF; 2.15 MB) In: Brown traces in the Saar state parliament. The Nazi past of representatives from Saarland. The left. Parliamentary group in the Saarland State Parliament, Saarbrücken 2013, p. 18 , accessed on January 25, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Klein, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German trade unionists and politicians (CVP, CDU), MdL. Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	January 9, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ittersdorf
DATE OF DEATH	May 25, 1976
Place of death	Kleinblittersdorf

[1] Hans-Peter Klausch: List 1: Alphabetical list of members of the Saarland state parliament with proven NSDAP membership. (PDF; 2.15 MB) In: Brown traces in the Saar state parliament. The Nazi past of representatives from Saarland. The left. Parliamentary group in the Saarland State Parliament, Saarbrücken 2013, p. 18 , accessed on January 25, 2016 .